The opposite of something that looks like, resembles, or stands in for something else is known as. hint: in drawing, this is also known as "figurative" since it deliberately attempts to mimic the thing drawn.

The opposite of something that looks like, resembles, or stands in for something else is known as representation.

Explanation:

Representation (arts) is basically when something is utilized as signs which stand at for and get the position of something else. It has been related with two terms aesthetics (art) and semiotics (signs). But this term depicts its meaning and interpretations with huge diversity.

In the theory of Literary, it is commonly defined in three ways: first is to resemble or look like, second is to stand in for someone or something while third and the last is to re-present which means to present a second time.

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